Investing.com - Trading in shares on the Shanghai Stock Exchange were halted on Thursday after the benchmark index plunged more than 5% in morning trade, according to reports.
Earlier, the People's Bank of China again set a sharply weaker yuan central parity rate against the U.S. dollar at 6.5646 Thursday morning, the weakest level since March 2011 and down 0.51% over Wednesday's mid point.